Coachella 2018: Our 50 best photos from Weekend 2

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Festival goers make their way across the polo field during Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. on Friday, April 20, 2018. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

As we say goodbye to the 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, or Beychella, as it were, our team of photographers captured the art, the people, the fashion and, of course, the music of the festival. Here are the 50 best photos from Coachella 2018 Weekend 2, as selected by photographers behind the lens.

A festival goer makes a heart in front of the ferris wheel during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA., Sunday, April 22, 2018. (Staff photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Elmer Vargas, left, and Ivan Ramirez-Diaz, both of San Bernardino, during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA., Saturday, April 21, 2018. (Staff photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

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Festival goers make their way across the polo field during Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. on Friday, April 20, 2018. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Festival goers walk around the Etherea art installation, by Edoardo Tresoldi, during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA., Saturday, April 21, 2018. (Staff photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

ODESZA performs on Sunday, April 22, 2018 at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Ca. (Micah Escamilla/Correspondent)

An aerialist performs above the crowd at the Do Lab Stage during Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. on Friday, April 20, 2018. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

The ferris wheel during dusk at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. on Friday, April 20, 2018. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Jamiroquai performs at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Friday, April 20, 2018 in Indio, Ca. (Micah Escamilla/Correspondent)

Tank and the Bangas’ Tarriona “Tank” Ball performs during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA., Friday, April 20, 2018. (Staff photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Lizette Aviles, 25, of Atlanta, gets playful while riding a seesaw during Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. on Friday, April 20, 2018. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Fans at X Japan are overwhelmed as the band performs at the Mojave stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio Saturday, April 21, 2018. (Photo by Thomas R. Cordova/Daily Breeze)

Festival goers walk by the SUPERNOVA art installation, by R&R Studios, during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA., Saturday, April 21, 2018. (Staff photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Mason Moser, 19, and Tailse Zirilli, 18, both of Seattle, share a moment inside the Do Lab Stage during Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. on Friday, April 20, 2018. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Ben Vaughn, 36, with bride, Ariel Vaughn, 27, both of Chicago, bring their wedding party to Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. on Friday, April 20, 2018. The couple got married yesterday in Indian Wells. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Festival goers walk around inside the Spectra art installation, by NEWSUBSTANCE, during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA., Saturday, April 21, 2018. (Staff photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

St Vincent performs on the Outdoor Theatre at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio Friday, April 20, 2018. (Photo by Thomas R. Cordova/Daily Breeze)

Kristina Mikheeva, of Russia, strolls through the HP tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. on Friday, April 20, 2018. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Massive crowds of festival goers during Alison Wonderland performance at the Sahara tent during Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. on Friday, April 20, 2018. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Alexis Huizar, of Rancho Cucamonga, at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio Saturday, April 21, 2018. (Photo by Thomas R. Cordova/Daily Breeze)

Beyonce performs on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Ca. (Micah Escamilla/Correspondent)

Beyonce performs high up over the crowd as she performs on the Coachella Stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio Saturday, April 21, 2018. (Photo by Thomas R. Cordova/Daily Breeze)

Shaland Leach, of Santa Monica, dances with her cat stuffed animal, Simba, at the Do Lab stage during Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. on Saturday, April 21, 2018. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Los Angeles Azules performs on the Coachella Stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio Friday, April 20, 2018. (Photo by Thomas R. Cordova/Daily Breeze)

Festival goers walk around the Etherea art installation, by Edoardo Tresoldi, during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA., Saturday, April 21, 2018. (Staff photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

X Japan performs at the Mojave stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio Saturday, April 21, 2018. (Photo by Thomas R. Cordova/Daily Breeze)

Festival goers dance in the Yuma tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA., Sunday, April 22, 2018. (Staff photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Festival goers dance at the Do Lab stage during Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. on Saturday, April 21, 2018. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Jessie Ware performs at the Coachella Stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA., Saturday, April 21, 2018. (Staff photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Cardi B performs on Sunday, April 22, 2018 at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Ca. (Micah Escamilla/Correspondent)

A Perfect Circle performs during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA., Sunday, April 22, 2018. (Staff photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Festival goers dance in the Yuma tent on Sunday, April 22, 2018 at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Ca. (Micah Escamilla/Correspondent)

Princess Nokia performs on Sunday, April 22, 2018 at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Ca. (Micah Escamilla/Correspondent)

Vince Staples, of Long Beach, performs on the Coachella Stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio Friday, April 20, 2018. (Photo by Thomas R. Cordova/Daily Breeze)

SZA performs at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Friday, April 20, 2018 in Indio, Ca. (Micah Escamilla/Correspondent)

Festival goers dance to Cardi B during Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. on Friday, April 20, 2018. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Jorja Smith performs on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Ca. (Micah Escamilla/Correspondent)

Soulwax performs at the Mojave stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio Friday, April 20, 2018. (Photo by Thomas R. Cordova/Daily Breeze)

FIDLAR’s Zac Carper plays guitar on the floor during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA., Sunday, April 22, 2018. (Staff photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

FIDLAR’s Brandon Schwartzel performs during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA., Sunday, April 22, 2018. (Staff photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Kevin Valerio kisses his girlfriend Amanda Elwart, both from New York, while at the Whiskey Beats the hidden gem of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio Saturday, April 21, 2018. (Photo by Thomas R. Cordova/Daily Breeze)

Festival goers experience Spectra, an art installation by NEWSUBSTANCE, during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA., Friday, April 20, 2018. (Staff photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

It’s watermelon on a hot day before the band Los Angeles Azules performs on the Coachella Stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio Friday, April 20, 2018. (Photo by Thomas R. Cordova/Daily Breeze)

The Weeknd performs at the Coachella stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio Friday, April 20, 2018. (Photo by Thomas R. Cordova/Daily Breeze)

A woman walks through Edoardo Tresoldi’s wire-mesh sculptures at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio Friday, April 20, 2018. (Photo by Thomas R. Cordova/Daily Breeze)

King Krule performs during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA., Sunday, April 22, 2018. (Staff photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Nicholas Anthony, 28, of Phoenix, Arizona, shades himself as he stands inside the Spectra installation on Friday, April 20, 2018 at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Ca. (Micah Escamilla/Correspondent)

Jamiroquai performs at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Friday, April 20, 2018 in Indio, Ca. (Micah Escamilla/Correspondent)

An infrared view of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. on Saturday, April 21, 2018. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Thomas Cordova has been a photojournalist with the Southern California News Group since January 2001. Working the South Bay and Long Beach area since 2013, Cordova thinks he's got the best job in the world. He also grows only the best organic tomatoes when not out shooting.

Micah Escamilla is staff photographer for the Southern California News Group. She works with the inland division of the group, which includes the Redlands Daily Facts, The Sun, and the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin.

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